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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 4/4] xen/x86: Correct mandatory and SMP barrier definitions

To: David Vrabel <dvrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>, Xen-devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2016 13:46:13 +0000
Cc: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>
Delivery-date: Mon, 05 Dec 2016 13:46:44 +0000
List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xen.org>

On 05/12/16 12:01, David Vrabel wrote:
> On 05/12/16 10:05, Andrew Cooper wrote:
>> + *  Loads may be reordered ahead of an unaliasing store.
> It might be useful to summarize what an "unaliasing store" is.

"... ahead of stores, so long as the addresses don't alias" ?

~Andrew

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References:
- [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0/4] Fixes to common and x86 barriers
  - From: Andrew Cooper
- [Xen-devel] [PATCH 4/4] xen/x86: Correct mandatory and SMP barrier definitions
  - From: Andrew Cooper
- Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 4/4] xen/x86: Correct mandatory and SMP barrier definitions
  - From: David Vrabel

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